Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Qin Huairu walked a long way, but all the shops were closed. The staff of the supply and marketing cooperatives and restaurants were on holiday for the New Year. She thought about going back to the courtyard to borrow some food from her neighbors to deal with the emergency, so she headed for the Red Star Courtyard. On the way, she met a peddler carrying a shoulder pole.

Qin Huairu felt like she had found a savior. After all, it was unlucky to borrow things from others during the Chinese New Year, but it was okay to buy things by herself. The peddler happened to be selling food, a traditional snack in Beijing, donkey rolls, which were prepared for the boys in the family who were responsible for "getting rid of poverty" and "sending away the god of poverty" on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Of course, people also bought them on ordinary days. Qin Huairu asked the peddler to weigh five kilograms and gave him one yuan.

Xiaodang was very happy eating donkey rolls. Although she couldn't eat meat, she was eating sweet donkey rolls and no one scolded her for eating too much. She could eat as much as she wanted. It was great. On the morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year, Xiaodang was still eating donkey rolls happily at noon. But in the evening, when she ate the donkey rolls in the bowl again, her burps smelled of beans. She really couldn't eat it anymore. Qin Huairu comforted Xiaodang helplessly: "When the store opens tomorrow, I will buy you something else. I will bring you lunch from the factory at noon. You two just have to be patient and eat a little more. Otherwise, you will feel uncomfortable if you are hungry at night.

"Mom, I really can't eat anymore. I ate a lot at noon, so I shouldn't be hungry at night." Xiao Dang promised with a painful face. When the unobstructed stomach wall kept rubbing at night and woke Xiao Dang from her sweet dream of eating big mouthfuls of meat and she couldn't fall asleep again, she hated her brother and grandmother even more.

On the morning of the third day of the Chinese New Year, Qin Huairu got up early to see if the breakfast shop was open. Unfortunately, there was no breakfast shop near the yard. Worried about being late, Qin Huairu had to comfort her two daughters to stay at home and wait for her to bring lunch back at noon. Children of poor families grow up early, especially Xiaodang and Huaihua, who are not favored by their grandmother. They know how to judge the situation better. Even if they force Qin Huairu to death, they can't get other food, so they just wait for lunch.

At noon, Xiaodang and Huaihua finally had their normal New Year's meal of 1964, no longer the donkey rolls that they both loved and hated. "Mom, this stir-fried cabbage is delicious, and this two-layer flour bun is also delicious." Xiaodang, who had been hungry all night and early in the morning, ate his usual food with big mouthfuls, but praised it vigorously. As the saying goes, hunger makes food delicious, fullness makes food smelly.

Xiaodang and Huaihua were happy on the third day of the first lunar month, but it was painful for Liuyi. As a baby of only ten months old, he had to endure the pain of being separated from his parents, grandmother and other relatives for a short time. He was arranged to go to a nursery, a place specially established for children from working families to take care of them. He will make many new friends here, but he will soon forget who they are. The aunt in the nursery will feed him, coax him to sleep, and teach him a series of new abilities such as rolling over, crawling and walking. In short, his road to school has begun. After the age of three, he will go to kindergarten to learn singing and dancing with guns and sticks. At the age of six, he will enter the Yuhong class and go to elementary school at the age of seven. Poor child, this is the trouble of being a child of working families.

Liuyi went to the nursery, so Yu's mother, who was the main person taking care of him, could retire and go back to take care of Yu's father. Lou Xiao'e could no longer go to Shazhu's house whenever she wanted, and even if she came to the courtyard, she would go to the old lady's house in the backyard. Yu's mother and Lou Xiao'e were disappointed that they could not hold Liuyi suddenly, but Yu's father was satisfied to be taken care of again. Fortunately, after a period of time, everyone's mentality will slowly adjust to a normal state.

Xiaodang and Huaihua only eat and play every day, and they don't have to be disliked by their grandmother. They miss the Jia family in the courtyard less and less. After the delicious food in the house was slowly eaten by Jia Pozi and Banggeng, Banggeng began to miss his mother. He now understands the benefits of having a mother, and no longer dislikes that the things his mother brings back are bought by the enemy. Anyway, he eats a lot of things bought by the enemy, and they are delicious. He sees other people eating delicious food every day, and he becomes more and more anxious. Seeing that her grandson is always staring at other people's bowls, Jia Pozi decides to go to the steel mill to block Qin Huairu and ask her what she wants to do?

"Didn't you and Banggeng drive the three of us out? Don't you dislike us? Why are you asking me what I want to do? It should be what you want to do!" Qin Huairu knew that this situation would happen, so she planned to take this opportunity to teach her mother-in-law and son a lesson and let them know who is in charge of the Jia family.

"You are the daughter-in-law of the Jia family. You have done something shameful and you cannot speak of it." Mrs. Jia said in a low voice.

"Do you have any evidence of what I did?"

"What have you done? You didn't do anything to bring home so many chickens, ducks, fish and meat from time to time?" Mrs. Jia's voice became louder and louder. Since Qin Huairu refused to admit it and still wanted to suppress her, she would use the people around her to fight Qin Huairu's arrogance.

"I bought meat and brought it home for you to eat, but it's considered a sin? How can this be justified?"

"There's nothing wrong with buying meat, but there's too much of it, and it comes from a bad source." Mrs. Jia didn't care anymore. The people around her were already talking about it.

Qin Huairu didn't dare to let people speculate and talk nonsense, so she said loudly: "Why is it not right? I still say that if you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense. I didn't steal or rob, you are just looking for trouble."

"You didn't steal the meat, so how could someone give it to you out of thin air?" This is really shameless.

"I was working as a kitchen helper and it was given to me by the master's family. You are just a heartless person, that's why you think so badly of me." Since the relationship has fallen out, there will be no nice words. Anyway, they are not in the courtyard now, and Qin Huairu does not intend to maintain a good image.

This was the first time that Mrs. Jia was defeated in a fight with her daughter-in-law. She realized that Qin Huairu had not been trying her best and was just teasing her. She pointed at her and said, "Okay, you are awesome. You finally let go. If you don't come back tomorrow, I will go to the factory the day after tomorrow and ask to cancel your job and return it to our Jia family."

Qin Huairu sneered in her heart: Do you really think that the steel mill is owned by your Jia family? You can do whatever you want. You will be honest when you hit the wall. She said disdainfully: "It's up to you. You don't have to go the day after tomorrow. It's better to go tomorrow. I don't want to work anymore. It's exhausting."

Jia Po returned to the courtyard in a huff. She didn't see Bang Geng in the house. She waited for a long time before she saw Bang Geng come back. But he seemed to be mumbling something. In the middle of the night, Bang Geng got up and said he was going to the toilet. Jia Po didn't pay attention and fell asleep. She smelled a fragrance in the dimness. She thought she was dreaming and turned over and fell asleep again.

The next morning, screams were heard from the backyard. "That damned thing stole into my house. Hand it over to me. Otherwise, I will find out and no one will be able to escape justice."